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Eye Vs AI: Harnessing Technology to Successfully Track User Attention

Attention is the new gold; brands are in a constant competition for our attention.

A big portion of our time we spend online, where we are bombarded with insane amounts of information and advertisements. It’s hard not to become overwhelmed in this world of consumerism. We have had to become good at quickly evaluating which information is important, especially on the internet.

Good marketing specialists know that they have mere seconds to turn a potential customer into a lead. People are not going to spend a lot of time examining your advertisement or landing page, either it clicks or not. Moreover, most users do not read the articles, they scan them. First impression plays a huge role in the success of your business, so do not leave that to a chance.

You really don’t want your customer to ignore that special sale, subscription option, or another call to action on your webpage. That is why you need to know where that gold-worthy attention goes when a user opens your landing page. Here’s where technology can come in handy.

Eye-Tracking in Web Design

It is very important to know where your website visitor’s attention goes first. How to get that info? Eye-tracking is the answer.

Eye-tracking technology can be used to optimize your website conversions. By tracking eye movements, technology will recognize which content is most intriguing for the users. It will reveal whether people pay most attention where you want them to, which elements are distracting or not visible enough, and where sales are lost. This information is invaluable if you want to succeed in the current market.

This information is invaluable if you want to succeed in the current market

How does it work? An eye tracker, such as webcam or goggles, measures movement of an eye. Collected data is analyzed and presented as a heatmap, highlighting which elements of your design attract most attention. Having in mind that browsing time rarely exceeds a few seconds, this information is very valuable when you try to understand your audience.

You wouldn’t want to spend much time on your website design just to discover it does not generate desired conversion rate. By employing this technology you can make changes based on reliable data rather than intuition and guarantee your business future success.

By now you may think that you definitely need to carry out this eye-tracking study, but there is a catch. A high-quality behavioral observation or eye-tracking is a time-consuming, budget eating complicated process.

If you want to draw conclusions from heatmaps, you would need to include at least 39 participants in a study. One individual test may last from 20 minutes to an hour. Time quickly adds up when you include preparation and analysis of the results. The average eye tracker price is around $17,500 and it may vary between several thousand dollars and $50 000. Of course you can hire a company to carry out this research for you but it may cost you several hundred dollars a month. Luckily, technological innovations allow us to acquire the same insights about users’ attention flow much cheaper and faster than conducting or buying an actual eye-tracking study.

Technological innovations replace real eye-tracking study

AI-Powered Automatization of Eye-Tracking

In this task of understanding how internet users are interacting with your website, Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be an answer. AI-based technologies already have become prevalent in various services we use on a daily basis. For example, Netflix’s highly predictive algorithm offers viewers personalized movie recommendations. Medical researchers utilize eye tracking to diagnose conditions like Alzheimer’s disease or Autism. As these algorithms become better every year, AI also becomes an irreplaceable tool in business.

Over the years researchers have collected so much data that human behavior becomes really predictable

How can AI help you to understand your customer’s attention? The main feature of AI is that it can mimic human intelligence and constantly improve itself by learning from data. Predictive eye-tracking is based on deep learning and trained with previous eye tracking study data. Over the years researchers have collected so much data that human behavior becomes really predictable. Technology predicts which specific areas of your website attract most interest. In this way, AI enables you to speed up the UX research process and get insights about your design in a matter of seconds.

Too good to be true? There are already several available tools on the market, such as Attention Insight or EyeQuant. These predictive design tools are based on deep learning and trained with previous eye-tracking studies data. Up to date, they have achieved an 84-90% accuracy.

AI-powered attention heatmap

AI solutions for designers and marketers have already become major competitors to traditional eye-tracking studies. Due to active competition, predictive eye-tracking tools are constantly innovating and recently started generating heatmaps for videos. Another useful feature that provides decision-makers with quantitative data is a percentage of attention. Users can define an object that they want to test and get an exact percentage of attention that the object receives.

Conclusion

Since all digital products are competing for user’s limited attention, it has become one of the most valuable resources. Due to fierce competition, it is not enough to rely on your intuition and gut instinct while making important decisions anymore. Designers have a choice in this economy of attention, though.

Yes, there are eye-tracking studies that require a significant amount of time and financial resources.

However, you can make user-centric, data-driven decisions in a quick, scalable, and private way while your product is still under development. AI-powered predictive eye-tracking tools might be an answer. Attention is a new currency, and you must measure it.

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Why Do Websites Look the Same (And Should We Care)?

If we don’t question this kind of design homogenization, do we put ourselves at risk of perpetuating the same mistakes in the years to come? Or is it even a mistake to begin with?

Today, I’m going to look at four things that are likely causing this, and what you can do to break the mold.

1. Education

We used to have a design school in every city in the world, each with its own design style or, at the very least, the encouragement of its designers to be creative and come up with something new.

These days, though, traditional design education isn’t as popular as it once was. According to Design Census 2019, only about a third of working designers have a formal education and degree:

The rest have been trained through a variety of means:

  • Online learning (17%)
  • Self taught (12%)
  • Workshops (10%)
  • Mentorship (6%)
  • Certificate programs (4%)

Cost and convenience are definitely two factors influencing this shift towards online learning methods. And with a wealth of resources online to teach them how to design and code, why not go that route? Plus, designers have to keep learning new things in order to remain competitive, so it’s not as though a degree is the be-all and end-all of their design training.

Plus, there isn’t as much demand for it from employers. Unless you plan on working for one of the top global marketing agencies, many hiring companies just want to see proof in the form of a portfolio and maybe have you do a test job.

Now, I’m not saying that online courses and other informal design education don’t foster creativity. However, in order to make them cost-efficient and quick to get through, they have to focus on teaching essential best practices, which means less room for experimentation. Perhaps more importantly, their curriculums are guided by fewer voices. So, this could likely be one of the culprits.

2. Design Blogs and Vlogs

You have to wonder if all the design blogs out there (yes, like Webdesigner Depot) impair designers’ ability to break free from the homogeneity of websites.

I think the answer to that is both “yes,” and “no”.

Why, Yes?

What is the purpose of a web design blog? Mainly it’s to educate new and existing designers on best practices, new trends, and web standards.

By their very nature, they really should be teaching web designers the same kinds of things. Let me show you an example.

This is a Google search for “web design trends 2020”:

Most design blogs will publish trends predictions around January 1. And herein lies the problem. The writers/designers can only deviate so far from what we know to be true when writing on the same topic… so these sites end up with similar recommendations.

For instance, the top search results recommended similar things for 2020:

  • Dark mode
  • Hand-drawn illustrations
  • Immersive 3D
  • Glowing colors
  • Minimalist navigation
  • Geometric shapes
  • Inclusivity
  • Accessibility

When web designers receive the same guidance no matter where they turn, it’s only logical that they’d end up creating websites that adhere to those same practices.

Why, No?

Because I write for web design publications, I can tell you that there’s a big difference in the kinds of content some of them publish.

For instance, I find that WebDesigner Depot isn’t interested in rehashing what everyone else is writing about this month. We’re given topics that challenge us to think outside the box and present readers with meaningful insights and recommendations.

So, I think that finding design blogs that push the boundaries and don’t just want to recap what everyone else is saying is really important. That’s how web designers are going to master the basic skills they need to succeed while getting inspired to try new things.

3. Designs Tools and Frameworks

This is another one that’s not as cut and dried. I think it depends on the tools used and the intent to use them.

Where Issues Start to Arise

There are certain site builder solutions that you’re going to be hard-pressed to create something innovative with. The same goes with using templates from sources like Dribbble. It’s just the nature of the beast.

If your goal is to create a cheap website very quickly for a client, then you’re probably going to use a cheap builder to do so. With ready-made templates and a lot of the work already done for you, you can create something that looks good with little effort.

When you’re limited by time and cost, of course you’re going to rely on shortcuts like cheap site builders or boring (but professional) design templates.

How to be More Careful

You can run into these kinds of issues with more flexible content management systems like WordPress or frameworks like Bootstrap, too.

Whenever you rely heavily on ready-made templates, pre-defined styles, or pre-built components, you run the risk of someone else’s work informing your own.

The solution is simple: Use demos, templates, UI kits, and so on as a base. Let them lay down the foundation that you work from.

But if you want your website to look different from the sea of lookalikes, you’re going to have to spend much more time developing a unique visual style that’s equally as effective in its mission. Which also means moving beyond clients that have small budgets or low expectations.

4. User Data

Data gathering is an important part of the job you do as a web designer.

You research the target user (or the existing user, when applicable). You look at industry trends as well as the competition to formulate an idea of what you need to build and how you’re going to do it. And you also use resources like Nielsen Norman Group and Think with Google that put out definitive research on what users want.

Even with the most niche of audiences, consumers’ wants and needs are all basically the same. So, obviously, you have to design experiences that align with them. If you deviate too much from what they expect from your site or brand, you run the risk of creating too much friction.

Is This a Bad Thing?

It’s not in terms of usability. If we build simple, predictable and user-friendly interfaces based on data that successfully drive visitors to convert, that’s great. So long as the content remains strong and the UI attractive, there’s nothing wrong with that approach.

But…

This is the same issue presented by templates and site builders. If you do exactly what’s needed and not much more, your site is going to look and act just like everyone else’s. Which comes at the cost of your brand reputation.

Just look at Google’s Material Design. This design system may have made it easier for web and app designers to create new solutions that were user-friendly and responsive, but there was just too much spelled out. And this led to a slew of Material Design lookalikes everywhere you turned.

This is the whole reason why companies take the time to craft a unique selling proposition. Without a USP, brands become interchangeable in the eyes of consumers.

So, again, my suggestion here is to use data to formulate a strategy for building your website. But don’t forget to spend time adding a unique style, and voice of the brand to the site.

Wrap-Up

It seems like, despite all that we’ve learned to do, websites are becoming less and less diverse in terms of design. And I think a lot of that is due to the fact that it’s much easier to design websites today than it was ten, or even five years ago.

Modern-day education, resources, tools, and consumer data take a lot of the questions and the work out of building websites. Which is good… but only to a point.

Unless you’re building websites for clients who have absolutely no budget, you can’t afford to skimp on the creativity and personalization that will set their website apart. Yes, you need to adhere to tried-and-true practices and standards, but beyond that, you should be experimenting.

 

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Diversity Initiatives in Web Design

Web developers have been the bedrock of any company’s business strategy for some time, and the industry is continuing to thrive and grow at a rapid pace. This is why it’s surprising that it is so lacklustre when it comes to diversity.

A recent study revealed 80% of those in the design industry are male, and more specifically 79% within the field of web design. According to WISE, just 23% of the people working in STEM roles (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) are female and women currently account for just 15.8% of the UK’s current generation of engineering and technology graduates.

Why the Lack of Diversity in Web Design?

The main reason for this, as cited by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) found that women still lack the confidence to pursue these careers, despite their school results being as good as (or better) than their male counterparts. Research has found that the professional and technical services sector has the fourth-highest gender pay gap of all UK industries. If more women were to join these higher-paid sectors it could help reduce the gender pay gap as a whole, as well as help female economic empowerment.

This division is seen in ethnic minority groups too. The numbers for BAME (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic) employees in the British tech industry are unknown but is estimated by the British Computer Society to be at 1-2%, a ridiculously low number in this day and age. This is why groups and organisations are cropping up designed to promote an industry that reflects all of society rather than one part of it. Here are some of the organisations to pay attention to who are bridging the diversity gaps in web design.

Girls Who Code

Girls Who Code are working to create opportunities for women within tech, aiming to deepen their computer science skills and confidence. They run a range of programs designed to equip women with the necessary computing skills to pursue opportunities in the field and to give chances that are often shunned due to society. Founder Saujani states that women are socialized to seek perfection, and this is something that needs to be overcome. One way to break that mentality at an early age, she says, is coding:

[Girls] walk into these classrooms and they feel like they will never be good at it, and when they learn how to create something, whether it’s a website or app, it changes their mindset and they stop giving up

Adobe Design Circle

Adobe Design Circle is another initiative aiming to introduce all members of society to design. They want to create more visibility for design as a viable career path for anyone that might be considering it, and to help with youth entering the field. This is opening the opportunities of working in tech and web to aspiring designers at a young age who aren’t necessarily yet conditioned by the pressures of society and showing them it can be a realistic career path.

They have their own scholarships and mentoring initiative to support these goals too. The faces behind the team of Adobe Design Circle range through multiple ethnicities and have a fairly even male-female divide. This equal representation alone is inspiring. One of Adobe’s core missions is to offer youth the opportunity to learn and express themselves through creativity and technology, regardless of their economic or cultural backgrounds. With this they specifically encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply and offer many other opportunities from mentoring to internships.

Ladies that UX

Ladies that UX are a collaborative community of women in UX aiming to “support each other, push the UX boundaries and promote female skill and talent.” It is a European-based initiative where each city involved runs slightly different events and groups decide together what they would like to get from their meetups. They assist each other with UX challenges, discuss topics, and brainstorm ideas. Ladies that UX was created in 2013 by Georgie Bottomley and Lizzie Dyson with the aim of bringing together women in the industry, offering support and creating connections around the world.

Xuntos

Xuntos is aiming to create the largest community of ambitious and talented individuals from under-represented groups in the technology industry. It works to nurture university students and recent graduates that are often overlooked in the tech industry by the means of educational workshops, university hubs, events and an active community. The very name “Xuntos” is a Galician word which means “together” and this is their most important factor. They want people to realise they are not alone and just because the representation isn’t there, doesn’t mean their capabilities aren’t.

Colorintech

Colorintech is a non-profit organisation that was founded in 2016. It aims to close the gap and shorten the learning curve, with a strong community designed to help each other. The company was founded by Silicon Valley tech executive Dion McKenzie and ex-Googler Ashleigh Ainsley after they became frustrated at the few black individuals in the field. Since its inception 30,000 students, professionals, volunteers and tech companies have been impacted by their work, and over 450 minorities graduated from their programs in 2019 alone.

UKBlackTech

UKBlackTech are on a mission to create the most diverse tech sector in the world. Their aim is to encourage more ethnic minorities to enter the UK’s technology workforce and make an impact. To help with this, they design and implement different initiatives to help them get employed and retain employment, put on bespoke events that target aspects such as specific job roles or tech topics and promote different opportunities for members to apply to.

Witty Careers

Witty Careers was created with the aim to support women from black and ethnic minority backgrounds in the UK and equip them with the skills to build a career in the tech industry. They run different practical skills workshops and events which in the past have included visits to a Microsoft store, Uber, and Pivotal. They open doors for communications, networking and future career prospects for those in the minority. They also have a handy range of resources designed to help you get into the career you want. From CV writing advice to industry insights, they are all free of charge.

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Lancement de SAP Learning Hub Enhanced Student Edition pour soutenir la prochaine génération de professionnels SAP

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WALLDORF — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) annonce le lancement de SAP Learning Hub Enhanced Student Edition. Centrée sur les dernières technologies et innovations de SAP, celle-ci s’adresse aux étudiants du monde entier qui préparent leur carrière au sein de l’écosystème SAP. Cette édition fournit tous les outils, sessions d’entraînement et ressources nécessaires pour devenir un professionnel SAP certifié.

Créée en partenariat avec les programmes SAP University Alliances et SAP Next-Gen, cette édition renforce la collaboration de SAP avec les universités et les organismes de recherche. Elle a pour mission d’inspirer et de faire progresser la prochaine génération de talents et de dirigeants. Elle s’adresse aux étudiants issus de toute formation universitaire qui , par abonnement, ont accès 24h/24 à tous les contenus et outils d’apprentissage numériques et collaboratifs avancés de SAP. Ceux-ci incluent notamment :

  • Des guides de parcours d’apprentissage et des salles de cours SAP en ligne pour apprendre, collaborer et réseauter avec les experts SAP et les autres apprenants.
  • Un apprentissage numérique à son propre rythme portant sur les principales solutions SAP pour la planification des ressources de l’entreprise, la gestion de la relation client, l’analyse, les technologies intelligentes et autres fonctionnant sur SAP S/4HANA Cloud; le portefeuille SAP Customer Experience et les solutions SAP Analytics Cloud et SAP Internet of Things.
  • Soixante heures de pratique ou d’expérimentation des applications SAP accessibles via le portail SAP Live Access.
  • Un examen en ligne pour obtenir les badges numériques SAP Global Certification — une accréditation d’excellence très reconnue et recherchée pour les professionnels SAP.

« La prochaine génération de professionnels SAP cherche à entamer sa carrière et nous nous engageons à les préparer avec les connaissances et les compétences pratiques nécessaires pour exceller dans les solutions numériques et intelligentes qui font partie de notre écosystème SAP », a déclaré Eva Zauke, chief knowledge officer, SAP SE. « C’est pourquoi nous avons adapté le SAP Learning Hub, édition améliorée pour étudiants, afin de présenter nos solutions, technologies et contenus les plus innovants et orientés vers l’avenir, ainsi que des exercices pratiques et la possibilité d’obtenir des badges numériques SAP Global Certification ».

Avec cette nouvelle édition, les étudiants peuvent obtenir un véritable avantage concurrentiel pour toute carrière au sein de l’écosystème des partenaires et clients SAP.

Selon une étude récente de Pearson VUE, la possession d’une certification informatique, comme les badges numériques SAP Global Certification, présente des avantages directs pour les carrières professionnelles. En effet, avec l’obtention de certification en informatique :

  • 35% reçoivent des augmentations de salaire ;
  • 44% produisent un travail de meilleure qualité ;
  • 26% sont promus ;
  • 55 % appliquent leurs connaissances à des situations de travail réelles ;
  • 67% prennent davantage confiance en leurs compétences professionnelles.

« Pour notre université et pour moi même en tant que professeur, il est crucial que nos diplômés trouvent des emplois passionnants en rapport avec leurs qualifications acquises et qu’ils démarrent ainsi leur vie professionnelle avec succès », a déclaré le professeur Dietmar Kilian, professeur au Management Center Innsbruck (MCI) de l’Internationale Hochschule GmbH et CEO de PDA Group GmbH. « SAP Learning Hub, enhanced student edition, est l’une de nos offres complémentaires à nos étudiants. Les possibilités d’apprentissage et les certifications proposées constituent une préparation idéale pour les jeunes professionnels qui s’intéressent aux sujets de l’informatique et du numérique. C’est une base parfaite pour ceux qui veulent commencer une carrière de consultant SAP. Cette offre supplémentaire est très avantageuse et particulièrement importante pour ceux qui veulent se positionner dans l’environnement des solutions SAP ».

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Nouveaux enjeux d’agilité et d’excellence opérationnelle : vers l’entrepôt 4.0

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SAP propose depuis une quinzaine d’années une solution de gestion d’entrepôt appelée SAP Extended Warehouse Management, qui s’est enrichie pour répondre aux besoins des clients, quel que soit l’industrie ou le marché adressé : gestion avancée des vagues, mobilité, pilotage intégré de la mécanisation, Labor Management, pré colisage, intégration avec la production … Le tout dans une approche ‘Digital Supply Chain of One’, visant à fournir à nos clients une chaine logistique agile, unifiée et ‘end to end’.

Dans cette démarche d’amélioration et d’innovation continue, un nouveau module a vu le jour l’année dernière pour apporter un niveau supplémentaire d’optimisation aux clients qui le souhaitent.

SAP Warehouse Insights est un module basé sur la plateforme SCP (SAP Cloud Platform), et dédié à l’optimisation des entrepôts et de leurs ressources. Basé sur les dernières technologies : algorithmes, cloud computing et machine learning, cet outil complète les fonctions déjà avancées de la solution SAP Extended Warehouse Management. Les principaux domaines sont : la cartographie des entrepôts, des fonctions supplémentaires d’analyses et de monitoring de KPIs, la simulation de l’utilisation des ressources, et l’optimisation en temps réel.

SAP Warehouse Insights a été conçu pour tout type de clients et d’industries. Il apporte un niveau ultime dans l’optimisation des ressources et des missions en proposant les meilleurs scénarios possibles. Si le module s’enrichit en permanence de nouvelles fonctions, à ce jour il faut retenir 3 principaux sujets :

  • Visualisation dynamique de la cartographie entrepôt et des parcours des opérateurs,
  • Analyse des opérations, basées sur les données historiques comme la charge de travail et les distances de déplacement des ressources,
  • Optimisation / ré optimisation des missions (Warehouse Orders) affectées aux ressources pour réduire les déplacements à vide.

 

Cartographie entrepôt

Les utilisateurs peuvent interroger la cartographie d’un site de façon dynamique et interactive. Cela se traduit par une visualisation précise et aisée des différentes zones, avec la capacité d’aller jusqu’à la granularité la plus fine  (emplacement), et de s’assurer de l’adéquation de la configuration avec les besoins du terrain, ainsi qu’aux fonctions d’optimisation des déplacements.

Exemple d’écran de visualisation de différents types de zones de stockage :

‘Travel distance Network’ : Configuration simplifiée des chemins

La configuration des chemins est utilisée pour l’optimisation des déplacements. Les utilisateurs peuvent visualiser rapidement sur la carte, la complétude et la bonne configuration des chemins et segments paramétrés. En cas de rupture ou de mauvaise configuration, il est alors aisé de ‘réparer’ ou créer de nouvelles connexions à partir des nœuds existants. Exemple d’écran :

Configuration assistée

SAP Warehouse Insights facilite par ailleurs la création et la maintenance de la cartographie des sites. Il est possible d’importer des plans ‘CAD’ (Computer Aided Design) sous format PDF et de les utiliser directement dans le système. L’opérateur va ensuite pouvoir enrichir les informations avec les données ‘business’ comme les allées ou types de stockage. Le système va alors automatiquement propager ces paramètres de configuration sur les emplacements éligibles.

Exemple d’écran :

Fonctions de simulation

Cette première approche repose sur une optimisation ‘Off Line’. Il s’agit d’utiliser les données historiques pour comprendre et remédier à une situation insatisfaisante. SAP Warehouse Insights va ainsi utiliser les missions (Warehouse orders) et les ressources dans un processus avancé de simulation, pour proposer des scénarios réoptimisés, visant à limiter les déplacements, le nombre de ressource et par conséquent permettre une meilleure productivité tout en réduisant les couts d’exécution.

Le système offre une représentation simple et claire des gains potentiels d’optimisation, à travers une représentation des déplacements modélisés et comparables en un simple coup d’œil (avant optimisation / après optimisation).

Exemple d’écran de visualisation et comparaison des chemins :

Heatmap intégrée

SAP Warehouse Insights propose également une fonction de heatmap, très utile à l’analyse des flux dans l’entrepôt et à l’identification des goulets d’étranglement au sein d’une zone, d’une allée ou d’une gare de préparation. La ‘chaleur’ est déterminée en fonction du nombre de tâches réalisées sur chaque emplacement.

Exemple d’écran :

Optimisation temps réel et continue

Le processus de ré optimisation présenté plus haut est alors réalisé en temps réel, avec la possibilité de configurer des règles différentes en fonction par exemple des types de flux ou zones.

Exemple d’écran de configuration :

Principe de fonctionnement :

Les Missions ‘ouvertes’ sont récupérées et traitées en lien avec le système de destination, comme SAP EWM, à une fréquence configurable (ex : toutes les 10 minutes).

La ré optimisation des missions et des ressources associées est alors réalisée et une nouvelle séquence est déterminée suivant les critères souhaités d’optimisation des déplacements ou de dates/heures « au plus tard ».

Les missions ré optimisées sont ensuite remontées vers le système de destination pour exécution par les opérateurs en mode ‘dirigé’ par le système.

Un écran de monitoring permet également de suivre et visualiser les résultats de l’optimisation proposée par le système, avec notamment pour chaque ressource les missions associées, séquences, trajet à vide et en charge … Exemple d’écran :

Indicateurs de performance

En complément, SAP Warehouse Insights inclut des indicateurs offrant une vue analytique sur les opérations et la performance :

  • Utilisation par ressources
  • Charge par groupes de ressources
  • Charge des ressources par groupes de missions (‘queues’)
  • Temps de déplacements à vides par type de ressources
  • Temps total de déplacement par ressource

Exemple d’écran de consultation des opérations en entrepôt

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Tom’s Tech Notes: How to Improve Your Skills [Podcast]

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Welcome to our latest episode of Tom’s Tech Notes! In this episode, we’ll hear advice from Heide Abelli, senior VP of Content Product Management at Skillsoft. Together, the two of them will talk about how IT professionals can improve themselves as well as how companies can foster good learning environments for their employees.

This interview comes hot off the heels of Skillsoft Perspectives 2019, so settle in and see how and where you should be focusing your self-improvement.

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How to Encourage Feedback Learning at Work

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When you think of feedback at work, those yearly assessment and feedback forms flash across your mind. Although these annual performance reviews are helpful, it can also be helpful for managers to look beyond them.

Employees want their work to be recognized. They want to know how they’re doing and if what they do is effective enough.

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